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==History==
The [[Emberg-Aegnir Bloc|Bloc]]'s doom came, when the [[Hive Fleet]]'s [[Bio-ship]]s later attacked the [[Hold]] that held the [[Votann]] that would become the Mad Core. In order to protect the sacred relic, the [[League (Votann)|League]]'s [[Kindred (Leagues of Votann)|Kindred]] held their ground and, as the battle raged, the heavily outnumbered Bloc worked to protect their dead from the Hive Fleet, by placing them inside their Votann. This caused the bodies to be broken down and the dead's memories were collected by the Votann, until which absorbed the Tyranids overwhelmed pain and sorrow of millions of Kin in short order. This served to drive the Core mad and the Blocfell to the Tyranids.{{Fn|12}}
The relic was completely ignored by the [[Hive Fleet]] afterwards, though, and when the [[Hold]]'s biomatter was consumed, the [[Tyranids]] simply departed from the world. The Bloc's Votann was then left alone with the absorbed accumulated pain and desolation of those who had fought, died and been returned to their Ancestors through the use of the relic. This drove the Votann's machine mind insane and the sorrowful tale of the '''Mad Core''' is still told amongst the surviving [[League (Votann)|League]]s. All know not to sail by the wavering beacon of the Core's tortured mind.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Leagues of Votann (9th Edition)]], pg. 15
*{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf 516]], pgs. 77-78
[[Category:Characters (Leagues of Votann)]]
[[Category:Artificial Beings]]
[[Category:Tyrannic Wars]]
